Female Quotes - Page 27

• Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! That's the condition of the female. Women have been conditioned to sacrifice for centuries.

  Betty Dodson

  Sacrifice, Century, Has Beens

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• Oh, I wouldn't want to go on a date with a female celebrity. I'd rather go on a date with a real woman.

  Casper Van Dien

  Real, Goes On, Want

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• Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

  Waris Dirie

  Girl, Example, Mutilation

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• Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Thinking, Males, Reason

  "Bret Easton Ellis on American Psycho, Christian Bale, and His Problem with Women Directors". Interview with Kyle Buchanan, movieline.com. May 18, 2010.

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• I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  "Jeffery Eugenides Discusses New Book: ‘The Marriage Plot’". Interview With Madeleine Crum, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2011.

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• Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.

  Caitlin Flanagan

  Intense, Periods, Adolescence

  "Hysteria and the Teenage Girl" by Caitlin Flanagan, www.nytimes.com. January 28, 2012.

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• I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.

  Kate Flannery

  Believe, Years, Shows

  "Kate Flannery On ‘StandUp In Stilettos’: ‘The Girls Can Play Just As Hard As The Boys’" by Katla McGlynn, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.

  Kate Flannery

  Actresses, Female Friends, Happens

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• I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.

  Melanie Fiona

  Artist, Keys, Music Industry

  "Melanie Fiona Looks Forward To 'Empowering' Tour With Alicia Keys" by Steven Roberts, www.mtv.com. January 08, 2010.

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• I have a lot of female fans.

  Lita Ford

  Fans

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• Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.

  Erin Gray

  Ideas, Role Models, Roles

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• It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

  Lisa Gardner

  Men, Difficult, Picks

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• Sometimes I take a movie selfishly because it's a female lead.

  Melissa George

  Sometimes

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• I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

  Sade Adu

  Singers, Female Singers

  "Sade soldiers on leisurely to keep love alive" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. August 24, 2011.

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• I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television. Especially as a black woman, I think it's important.

  Megalyn Echikunwoke

  Strong, Smart, Successful

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 29, 2012.

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• I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character.

  Shannon Elizabeth

  Strong, Character, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I emitted some civetlike female stink, a distinct perfume of sexual wanting, that he had followed to find me here in the dark.

  Janet Fitch

  Dark, Smell, Scent

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• Get shot down cuz your over zealous, play hard to get and females get jealous.

  Young MC

  Jealous, Play Hard, Advice

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• I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

  Jessica Brown Findlay

  Strong, Roles, Introvert

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I absolutely adore Alessandra Rich, I think her dresses are stunning and she really knows how to cut and dress the female shape. Her stuff is really beautiful, stylish and a little bit quirky. I love it all!

  Jessica Brown Findlay

  Beautiful, Cutting, Thinking

  "Albatross's Jessica Brown Findlay Talks Style & Kate Middleton: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW". Grazia Daily Interview, sg.news.yahoo.com. February 7, 2012.

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• All religions have always hated females.

  Peter Greenaway

  Hated

  "Peter Greenaway's pact with death" by Catherine Shoard, www.imdb.com. March 19, 2010.

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• When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Strong, Character, Female Role Models

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• I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.

  Angel Haze

  School, Rapper, Obsessed

  " Angel Haze: 'Right now, no one can beat me'" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.

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• I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

  Lena Headey

  Jobs, Thinking, Car

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• Strong female leads are important.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Strong, Important, Strong Female

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